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1870/1871

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

JOINT RESOLUTION Instructing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to procure Census Returns for the State of Virginia.
Legislative Amendments, Voting

Chapter 2

JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to a Recess of the General Assembly
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 3

An ACT extending the time for the Land Assessor of Fairfax county to make his returns.
Property, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 4

An ACT to Extend and Define the Boundaries of the City of Lynchburg.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Property, Taxation, Voting, Wards

Chapter 5

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to Reprinting such of the Virginia Reports as are out of print.
Libraries

Chapter 6

An ACT Authorizing the Joint Committee for the Regulation of Norfolk County Ferries to Borrow Money on Behalf of Norfolk County and the City of Portsmouth, and for Other Purposes.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 7

JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the Board of Public Works to Report what Claims, if any, have been Allowed for Work on the Covington and Ohio and Blue Ridge Railroads.
Transportation

Chapter 8

An ACT for the Relief of the Bank of Winchester
Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 9

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Act passed February 21, 1867, entitled an Act Authorizing a Practicing Lawyer of the State of Virginia to decide causes, or preside at the trial thereof, under certain circumstances.
Judicial, Lawyers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 10

An ACT to Amend and Re.enact Section 21 and to Repeal Section 20 of Chapter 1382 of the Code of 1860, in Regard to Reports of Commissioners in Chancery.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 11

An ACT to Incorporate the Cappahosic Wharf Company
Incorporation, Business, Transportation

Chapter 12

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 8 and 10 of Chapter 175 of the Code of 1860 in Regard to Fiduciaries.
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 13

An ACT to Authorize Lorenzo D. Lorentz to Construct a Tram-way in the County of Montgomery.
Transportation

Chapter 14

An ACT to Authorize the County of Culpeper to Borrow Money to Rebuild its Courthouse and other Public Buildings.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 15

An ACT to Repeal Section 17 of Chapter 64 of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), in Relation to Roads and Ferries.
Repeal of legislation, Transportation

Chapter 16

An ACT to Amend the Third Section of an Act approved May 6, 1870, Fixing the Times for Holding Corporation Courts.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 17

An ACT Extending the Time for Robert E. Cummings, Land Assessor of Washington county, to Make his Returns.
Amendments, Property, Public officers

Chapter 18

An ACT to Inecorporate the Harrisonburg and Franklin Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 19

An ACT to Authorize the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company to Construct a Branch of their Road to the city of Rich.
Transportation, Industry, Public officers

Chapter 20

An ACT Extending the Time for the Land Assessors of Frederick County to Make their Returns.
Property, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 21

JOINT RESOLUTIONS in Relation to a Recess of the Two Houses of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 22

An ACT Requiring Certain Officers to Regulate and Supervise ° Elections Held for School Purposes.
Education, Taxation

Chapter 23

An ACT Supplemental to the Act Providing for the Collection of the State Revenue and County Levies for the year 1870.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 24

An ACT to Incorporate the Norfolk and Portsmouth Warehouse Company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 25

An ACT to Incorporate the Pulaski-Bank.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 26

An ACT to Change the Corporate Name and Amend the Charter of the Virginia Insurance Company.
Business, Budget

Chapter 27

An ACT to Amend and Re-enaet an Act passed February 28, 1856, Amending an Act fur Working the Roads of Loudoun County.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Budget

Chapter 28

An ACT to Authorize the Judge of the County Court of Fluvanna to take the Sense of the Qualified Voters of said County in Aid of Subscriptions to the Rivanna Navigation Company.
Transportation, Budget, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 29

An ACT to Authorize the Recovery of Damages when Death is Caused by the Wrongful Act, Neglect, er Default of Another.
Death and burial, Judicial, Civil Rights, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 30

An ACT to Establish the Port Warden’s Line for that part of the City of Portsmouth fronting on Elizabeth river on the North.
Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 31

An ACT Authorizing the Governor to Cede to the United States Jurisdiction over a certain Bridge, with its Abutments, in the County of Elizabeth City.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 32

An ACT to Amend Section 5 of an Act entitled an Act to Amend the Ist, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 7th Sections of Chapter 132 of Code of 1860, Relating to Fiduciaries, and Making Other Provisions fer the Same
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 33

An ACT in Relation to Fiduciaries
Judicial, Property

Chapter 34

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 2, 3, and 4, of Chapter 209 of Code of 1860, as heretofore Amended, as to Suspension of Execution of Judgment and Writ of Error in Criminal Cases.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Prisons

Chapter 35

An ACT in Relation to the Disposition of the Funds paid into the State Treasury for the Hire of Convicts.
Prisons, Budget, Employment and labor

Chapter 36

An ACT Authorizing the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to Issue Eight Per Cent. Bonds.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 37

An ACT Incorporating the Medical Society of Virginia.
Incorporation, Healthcare

Chapter 38

An ACT to Amend Section 51 of an Act approved July 11, 1870, entitled an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of Certain Township Officers to Provide for Pay of the Overseer of the Poor.
Amendments, Bonds, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 40

An ACT to Authorize the Consolidation of the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company and the Lynchburg and Danville Railroad Company.
Transportation, Industry, Business

Chapter 41

An ACT to Incorporate the Lee Memorial Association
Confederate, Monuments and memorials, Incorporation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 42

An ACT making Certain Portions of the Rappahannock river a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 43

An ACT for the Relief of John Elliott and Others, Sureties of J. R. Francis, late Sheriff of Montgomery.
Public expenditures, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 44

An ACT Fixing the Fees of Clerks of .County and Corporation
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 45

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Amend the Charter of the Town of Warrenton, passed April 0, 1852.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 46

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2, Chapter 391, Acts 1869-70, entitled an Act to Secure Identification of Persons Convicted of Criminal Offences
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Amendments

Chapter 47

An ACT to Incorporate the Bank of Virginia
Incorporation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 48

An ACT to Amend and Re-euact the Act for the Relief of Wm.
Amendments, Debt, Bonds

Chapter 49

JOINT RESOLUTION Legalizing the Order of the County Judge of Fluvanna County, made December 26, 1870, in Relation to Taking the Sense of the People of said County in Aid of Subscriptions to the Rivanna Navigation Company.
Municipal charters, Voting, Transportation

Chapter 50

An ACT Authorizing the County of Augusta to Subscribe to the Stock of the Valley Railroad Company, and of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business, Budget

Chapter 51

An ACT to Provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the City of Lynchburg.
Voting, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Boundaries

Chapter 52

An ACT to Legalize the Election of Attorney for the Commonwealth for the Counties of Wise and Buchanan.
Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 53

An ACT to Authorize the Governor to Appoint a Temporar
Public officers, Salaries, Budget

Chapter 54

An ACT to Incorporate the Lee Monument Association
Monuments and memorials, Incorporation, Public spaces, Death and burial

Chapter 55

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 3 and 13 of an Act in force 14th January, 1871, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act passed February 28th, 1856, Amending an Act for Working the Roads of Loudoun County.
Amendments, Transportation

Chapter 56

An ACT for the Relief of Clayton North, Commissioner of the Revenue for the City of Lynchburg, Allowing him Further Time to Qualify.
Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 57

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 25, and 38, of Chapter 162 of the Code of 1860, and to Repea! Sections 3 and 9 of said Chapter, as to Juries Generally.
Amendments, Judicial, Voting, Jails, Civil Rights, Equality before the law

Chapter 58

An ACT for the Relief of C. B. Gardner, Administrator of W. H. Ragan, and Stephen Childress and Others, Sureties of said Ragan from the Payment of $883 59 Damages, heretofore Awarded against John R. Francis, late Sheriff of Montgomery County, and his Sureties.
Debt, Bonds, Property

Chapter 59

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Prescribe the Times for the Holding of the Terms of the Circuit Courts of the State
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 60

An ACT to Authorize the Supervisors of Nelson County to Issue Bonds to Pay for a Place of General Reception for the Poor of said County.
Bonds, Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 61

An ACT to Authorize the City of Portsmouth to Lease out the Ends of Certain Streets.
Municipal charters, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 62

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act to Authorize the City of Portsmouth to Issue Coupon Bonds
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 63

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 6 of an Act approved
Amendments, Business

Chapter 64

An ACT Modifying the Charter of Washington College, and Authorizing the Name thereof to be Changed to Washington and Lee University.
Education, Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Charity

Chapter 65

An ACT in Relation to the Boundary Lines Between the State of Virginia and the States of Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Boundaries, Budget, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 66

An ACT to Repeal Section 2 of an Act to Provide Artificial Legs for Citizens of the Commonwealth who Lost their Legs during the late War.
Amendments, Armed forces, Healthcare, Death and burial, Reformatories

Chapter 67

JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Removal of the Penitentiary
Prisons

Chapter 68

An ACT to Incorporate the Amherst and Lynchburg Bridge Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Budget, Public spaces

Chapter 69

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist and 2d Sections of an Act entitled an Act Authorizing the County of Augusta to Subscribe to the Stock of the Valley Railroad Company and of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
Transportation, Public expenditures, Voting, Business

Chapter 70

Joint Resolution Tendering to West Virginia an Arbitration for the Apportionment of the Public Debt.
Amendments, Debt, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 71

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Present Session of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 72

An ACT for the Assessment of Taxes on Persons, Property, Income, Licenses, &c.
Taxation, Business, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 73

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the City of Alexandria.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Property, Taxation, Public spaces, Healthcare, Employment and labor, Children -- Institutional care, Pensions

Chapter 74

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist and 4tb Sections of an Act to Incorporate the Wetumpka Iron Mining and Mannfacturing Company, approved June 27, 1870, and to Change its Name.
Amendments, Incorporation, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 75

An ACT making an Appropriation to Furnish aud Fit Up the State Courthouse.
Budget, Public expenditures, Judicial, Libraries

Chapter 76

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 8 of Chapter 329 of the Acts of Assembly, approved 11th July, 1870, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of West Point, so as to ‘Sell Real Estate for Behuguent Taxes.
Amendments, Incorporation, Property, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 77

An ACT to Incorporate the Castleman’s Ferry and Jefferson Turnpike Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 78

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 3d Section of an Act enti-
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 79

An ACT Amending and Re-enacting Section 43, Chapter 112, Code of 1860, in Relation to Issue of Land Warrants.
Property

Chapter 80

JOINT RESOLUTION Appropriating Money for the Removal of the Remains of the Late Senator Riddick
Death and burial, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 81

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2 of an Act entitled an Act to fix the time for Holding the Corporation Courts of the Commonwealth
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 82

An ACT amending Sections 8, 4, 5, and 9, of Act Incorporating the Albemarle Insurance Company.
Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 83

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act approved November 1, 1870, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact the Ist Section of an Act entitled an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of County Ofli-
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Judicial, Noncitizens

Chapter 84

An ACT to Re-enact and Amend the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Sec-
Budget, Public officers, Salaries, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 85

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company in such Manner as to Secure a Continuous Railroad Connection from the End of the Long Bridge, Opposite Washington City, through Richmond and Danville, to Bristol, and to Construct a Branch thereof.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 86

An ACT for the Construction of a Pier in Mud Creek
Agriculture, Fishing, Property, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 87

An ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the Town of Manchester to Renew and Extend the Period of Payment of Certain Outstanding Bonds, and Renew the Existing Mortgages to Secure the Same.
Bonds

Chapter 88

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 5th Section of an Act, Entitled an Act to Provide a Charter for the Town of Front Royal
Taxation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Labor

Chapter 89

An ACT to Repeal Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1865-’66, in Regard to Contracts for Labor Between White and Colored Persons, &c.
Labor, Civil Rights, Repeal of legislation, Equality before the law

Chapter 90

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2 of an Act entitled an Act to Regulate Judicial Sales and Prevent the Sacrifice of Property.
Property, Judicial, Taxation

Chapter 91

An ACT to Amend Section 23, Chapter 176 of the Code of Virginia, (Edition of 1860), as to Compelling Attendance of Witnesses.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 92

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 8th and 11th Sections of Chapter 93 of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), in Regard to the Illegal Unloading of Ballast.
Amendments, Transportation, Business

Chapter 93

JOINT RESOLUTION in Regard to the Claim of the State of Virginia upon the United States, for Advances, &c., during the War of 1812.
Legislative Amendments, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 94

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 8 of the Act eutitled an Act to Authorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Prince Edward to Vote on the Question of Removing the County Courthouse to the Town of Farmville.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 95

An ACT Providing Compensation for the Clerk of the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond for Services Rendered to the Commonwealth
Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 96

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 12 of Chapter 34, of Code of 1860, in Relation to Certain Debts Due the Virginia Military Institute.
Education, Public officers

Chapter 97

An ACT to Authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company, or the Virginia and North Carolina Railroad Company, to Recall all Outstanding Certificates of Capital Stock, and Issue Other and Uniform Certificates.
Transportation, Business, Amendments

Chapter 98

An ACT Declaring the Robertson River a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 99

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 50, of Chapter 171, of the Code of 1860, as to Parties in Chancery.
Judicial

Chapter 100

An ACT to Repeal Sections 49 to 55, both inclusive, of Chapter 88, Code of 1860, in Relation to the Inspection of Guano and Plaster of Paris.
Agriculture

Chapter 101

An ACT to Authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company to Acquire and Sell Lands.
Transportation, Business, Bonds
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